By Trisha Weber
Staff writer
For the last time this summer, Cadets at the Leader’s Training Course stood in their platoon formations Saturday. The 214 men and women of Co. E 2/321st IET took their final march, passing parents and loved ones at their graduation.
As they gave hello hugs to their families, Cadets also gave goodbye...
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By Kayla Grogg and Trisha Weber
Staff writers
The routine training exercise turned into a mid-air brawl.
The person behind Staff Sgt. Carlos Largaespada on the plane jumped too soon, practically walking on his parachute canopy, which could have collapsed the chute altogether.
The life of Largaespada, a drill sergeant for Co. E 2/321st IET, was on the...
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By Vern Hockney
Staff writer
The Army has turned into a family business for 2nd Lt. Vanessa Dudley. She has a brother in the Army and another in the Reserves, her father served with the Air Force and her husband recently deployed as a second lieutenant.
Joining the Army was not a difficult decision for Dudley. She...
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By Kristy Kibler
Staff writer
Transitioning into the Leader’s Training Course is a difficult process for many Cadets. But Co. E 2/321st IET Cadet David Freeman had more on his mind than just drill sergeants and barracks life.
Freeman, an engineering student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has had three knee surgeries in the past three years,...
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By Blaise Hart-Schmidt
Staff writer
Cadet Kyle Eastis has had a busy summer.
Before coming to the Leader’s Training Course, he spent three weeks in June in Vietnam, helping the rural poor in makeshift clinics.
In the fall, the Co. E 2/321st IET Cadet will be a junior at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., where he is a...
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